The article summarises, analyses and structures the beliefs of the Turkic population of the Southern Urals that are associated with stones, mountains, menhirs, karaski, stone mounds, tombstones, etc.Based on the works of Russian and foreign authors, as well as on field materials gathered during the expedition trips in 2011–2023, two groups of beliefs are singled out: cults associated with stones of natural (divine) origin, and beliefs associated with stone constructions of man-made origin. Various forms of the use of stone and stone constructions by the Turkic people in modern ritual practice are described. The processes of sacralisation and desacralisation at the cult sites of the Southern Urals occurring at the present stage of development are considered. Beliefs related to gemstones, to which people gave special symbolic meaning, and attributed protective, magic and healing properties, are analysed separately.Članek povzema, analizira in strukturira verovanja turškega prebivalstva južnega Urala, ki so povezana s kamni, gorami, menhirji, karaski, kamnitimi gomilami, nagrobniki itd.Na podlagi del ruskih in tujih avtorjev ter terenskega gradiva, zbranega med terenskim delom v letih 2011–2023, sta izpostavljeni dve skupini verovanj: kulti, povezani s kamni naravnega (božjega) izvora, in verovanja, povezana s kamnom, konstrukcije umetnega izvora. Opisane so različne oblike uporabe kamna in kamnitih konstrukcij pri Turkih v sodobni obredni praksi. Obravnavani so procesi sakralizacije in desakralizacije na kultnih območjih Južnega Urala, ki se dogajajo na današnji stopnji razvoja. Posebej so analizirana verovanja, povezana z dragimi kamni, ki so jim ljudje dajali poseben simbolni pomen ter jim pripisovali zaščitne, magične in zdravilne lastnosti
